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By Juli Reppert, student writer/photographer A group of 18 Pennsylvania College of Technology students had a different sort of Spring Break experience recently, joining forces with 200 other volunteers in Mississippi to rebuild homes and communities left devastated by two powerful hurricanes.

During Wednesday's Student Government Association meeting, college President Davie Jane Gilmour joined Penn College Police Chief Chris E. Miller and other Student Affairs administrators to address safety for students on campus and in Williamsport. "Your safety and security is one of the most important things to us," she told the group.

Members of the Occupational Therapy Assistant Club at Penn College hosted a "build your own sundae" event Wednesday in the Bush Campus Center lobby. Those building a sundae were asked to don goggles or use their non-dominant hand while making their ice-cream treat in order to simulate a disability.

Students at Penn College's Lumley Aviation Center in Montoursville had an opportunity Tuesday to view a helicopter: the Bell 206 helicopter, based at the Williamsport Regional Airport and operated by the Pennsylvania State Police. The pilot, Trooper Chris Royles, spoke to aviation students about the helicopter's role in state police operations and answered their questions about the aircraft.

Penn College held a reception for its much-appreciated donors Tuesday night, celebrating benefactors' funding of state-of-the-art equipment, scholarships and building projects so vital to students' education.

Chef Michael J. Ditchfield, instructor of food and hospitality management/culinary arts in Penn College's School of Hospitality, was the spring semester's final speaker in Student Activities' "My Last Words" series Tuesday night.

In observance of the Environmental Week leading up to the April 22 observance of "Earth Day," Penn College Police Chief Chris Miller encourages college departments and employees to carpool. The chief said one officer each shift will be assigned to foot patrol instead of a vehicle next week, saving about four gallons of gasoline per shift.

Eighteen students from Pennsylvania College of Technology's School of Natural Resources Management competed in the Mid-Atlantic Woodsmen's Meet, held earlier this month at Montgomery Community College in Troy, N.C.

Construction management students from Pennsylvania College of Technology and their award-winning faculty adviser recently returned home from national competition with heads and three trophies held high. The students attended the Associated Builders and Contractors' 2006 Student Construction Management Competition March 15-19 in Las Vegas.

A number of questions have been raised regarding conflicting reports following an early Sunday morning shooting incident in the City of Williamsport that involved four Penn College students.The students were passengers in a car that was struck by a stray bullet while traveling on West Fourth Street at Campbell Street at 2:15 a.m.